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Design & Build Competition
Dream in Green’s 7th annual Design & Build Competition unfolded in March 2025 at Brickell City Centre, uniting 8 local high schools in a showcase of their innovative 3D physical models. These models, crafted by student teams, depicted designs for green spaces that embody resilience and sustainability. This event was co-hosted by Swire Properties, a prominent South Florida real estate developer deeply committed to sustainable design and green building practices. For the 2024-2025 academic year, the Design and Build competition tasked student with redesigning Miami [...]
Dream in Green Awarded EPA Grant for Environmental Justice Project
Miami, FL, October 24, 2024 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Miami-Dade-based nonprofit Dream in Green (DIG) a grant to promote environmental justice as part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America initiative. Selected through the EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement and the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government programs, DIG will use the funds to help historically underinvested communities access clean air, clean water, and climate resilience solutions. This work aligns with the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 Initiative, which seeks to deliver 40% [...]
2023-2024 Awards Ceremony
May 29, 2024 – Miami, FL – On Wednesday evening Dream in Green (DIG) hosted its Annual Awards Ceremony. DIG invited schools, teachers, administrators, students, sponsors and guests to join us for a very special evening. The event was held at the Overtown Performing Arts Center to celebrate DIG, its schools and partners, and the green schools movement. Our vision is for a cleaner, greener world today and in our future and we are proud of our impacts since our inception. The lessons provided through [...]
Design & Build Competition: High School Students Design for the Future
Dream in Green's 6th annual Design & Build Competition unfolded in March 2024 at Brickell City Centre, uniting over 15 local high schools in a showcase of their innovative 3-D physical models. These models, crafted by student teams, depicted designs for green spaces that embody resilience and sustainability. This public event was co-hosted by Swire Properties, a prominent South Florida real estate developer deeply committed to sustainable design and green building practices. Henry Bott, President of Swire Properties, emphasized, "Sustainable design and green building practices [...]
Green Schools Challenge takes Palm Beach County!
After a successful pilot year with the School District of Palm Beach (the District), Dream in Green proudly launched its Green Schools Challenge program in August 2023 for the 2023-2024 academic year. This expansion was inaugurated with a teacher professional development event co-hosted by the District's Division of Facilities Management Environmental & Conservation Services Department. Educators actively engaged with DIG staff, seeking clarification, and strategizing for their participation in this year's competition. Over 25 schools have eagerly joined the program, committing to integrate sustainability lessons [...]
2022-2023 Awards Ceremony
May 24, 2023 – Miami, FL – On Wednesday evening Dream in Green (DIG) hosted its Annual Awards Ceremony. DIG invited schools, teachers, administrators, students, sponsors and guests to join us for a very special evening. The event was held at the Overtown Performing Arts Center to celebrate DIG, its schools and partners, and the green schools movement. Our vision is for a cleaner, greener world today and in our future and we are proud of our impacts since our inception. The lessons provided through [...]
Miami environmental education activist seeks solutions at worldwide climate change conference
Also see Executive Director Barbara Martinez-Guerro's blog contribution at CLIMATE GENERATION Education and Innovation: Continuing Themes at COP27 Climate Generation announces 12-member delegation to attend United Nations COP27MIAMI, FL. – Climate Generation, a national organization focused on equitable solutions to climate change, has selected 12 climate leaders from across the United States to attend the 27th Conference of the Parties in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt from November 7– November 18, 2022. Barbara Martinez- Guerrero of Dream in Green has been [...]
Join the Green Schools Challenge
August 16th, 2022 - Miami, FL - South Florida schools are starting this school year with a greener mindset - Dream in Green is a South Florida-based non-profit whose mission is to empower individuals, especially youth, to lead in the response to climate change and other environmental challenges. Dream in Green is proud to launch the Green Schools Challenge for the 2022- 2023 academic year which will bring together thousands of students in South Florida to tackle climate change and other environmental challenges. Teachers are [...]
2021-2022 Awards Ceremony
May 26, 2022 – Miami, FL – This past Thursday, Dream in Green invited schools, teachers, administrators, students, sponsors and guests to join us for a very special evening celebrating DIG. We all gathered at Miami Dade College Koubek Memorial Center to recognize participants of this year’s Green Schools Challenge as well as revel in 15 years of Dream in Green and its programming. Our vision is for a cleaner, greener world today and in our future and we are proud of our impacts since [...]
DIG Launches Recyclepedia MDC: Waste Made Simple
January 2, 2022 – Miami, FL – Dream in Green (DIG) is excited to officially launch its newest initiative Recyclepedia MDC! Recyclepedia MDC is an application and website dedicated to providing Miami-Dade County residents location-specific recycling and waste management information. The overall goal of Recyclepedia is to decrease recycling contamination while increasing waste management efforts achieved by providing accurate recycling information through a free platform available to residents at their fingertips. Miami-Dade County (MDC) is made up of 34 municipalities and is the most populous [...]